
Producers Ariel Rechtshaid and Dev Hynes dress All That in ‘80s slow jam finery, with shimmering keys and neon-lit effects. Sometimes they're just a paltry handful of tracks that didn't make the final album cut for an obvious reason, and other times they're almost worthy of being a standalone album. More pristine, radiant pop from Carly Rae Jepsen but let’s be clear: this is not Call Me Maybe II.' EMOTION expands the musical and emotional palettes. The album, which came out a little over a year ago, opens with a thunderous saxophone wail during the leadoff track, "Run Away With Me," a song which transcended mere music and became a meme. It was a critical darling, but wasn't a massive commercial hit because we do not live in a just and fair world.Įven though we, the ungrateful public, did not propel Jepsen to the commercial success she so rightly deserves, she was still kind enough to grace us with a collection of B-sides to commemorate the LPs one-year anniversary.Ī B-sides release can vary wildly in quality. Carly Rae Jepsen EMOTION: Be tormented by me babe Wonder, wonder how I do Hows the weather Am I better. It was first released on June 24th 2015 in Japan. Fair enough, because that song slays, but the 30-year-old singer released one of the best and most deft pop albums of last year with "E Emotion (stylised as EMOTION) is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen. You might only know Jepsen from her monster hit, " Call Me Maybe," which took over the world in 2012.
